The Age of the Baroque and Enlightenment 1600-1800: Architecture and Design - Research Article from Arts and Humanities Through the Eras

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 143 pages of information about The Age of the Baroque and Enlightenment 1600-1800.

The Age of the Baroque and Enlightenment 1600-1800: Architecture and Design - Research Article from Arts and Humanities Through the Eras

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1603 Carlo Maderno's influential façade for the Church of Santa Susanna is completed at Rome.
1606 Work begins on the façade of St. Peter's Basilica at Rome along designs completed by Carlo Maderno.
1622 Inigo Jones's Banqueting House is finished in Whitehall, London. The severe Palladianism of the building will continue to influence London's Baroque architecture in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
1631 Construction begins at Venice on the Church of Santa Maria della Salute, designed by Baldassare Longhena.
1635 Work commences on François Mansart's designs for the Orléans Wing at the Château of Blois in France.
1638 Francesco Borromini designs his innovative Church of San Carlo alle Quatro Fontane, or St. Charles of the Four Fountains.
1640 Inigo Jones's recently completed Queens House at Greenwich sets a new standard for classical architecture in England.
1642 Work begins on the Church...

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